Hi all,

I literally just got looking at ETS today, and wanted to begin exploring it a bit.  Unfortunately, it looks like the easy_install is broken, or more specifically, the insaller for Mayavi.   easy_install fails when it gets to Mayavi, and the Mayavi install fails when I try to install it alone.  I'm on OS X 10.5.7.

The error (which I've never seen in any python install) is:

Warning: distutils distribution has been initialized, it may be too late to add a subpackage enthought
error: Setup script exited with error: SandboxViolation: os.open('/var/folders/S4/S4v7nIuvHeWzArmtCCrq7U+++TI/-Tmp-/easy_install-xH_RkR/SciMath-3.0.3/temp/tmpNPTYq8/xGyjPx', 2818, 384) {}

The package setup script has attempted to modify files on your system
that are not within the EasyInstall build area, and has been aborted.

This package cannot be safely installed by EasyInstall, and may not
support alternate installation locations even if you run its setup
script by hand.  Please inform the package's author and the EasyInstall
maintainers to find out if a fix or workaround is available.

Any advice appreciated,
BZ